Australiana

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Well my month long jaunt to Australia is just about at its end and i am quite sad about this as there is so much more that i want to see here and i am very keen to come back and see the west coast and just about any other significant part of it that i have not seen. It seems like there is so much more to see. I have stayed mainly to the more well worn track of the east coast since i have been here (except for my trip to the red centre) and i think i want to go more off the beaten track when i return to this great land.

Its just a bit sad thats all because i know exactly where i want to go and how i would do it, but sadly it will have to wait. Still, if i had gone to those places this time i would be sad that i had miseed the places i did go so i guess you can't have it all. It just makes me more determined to come here againa and see the places that i did not see.

The past couple of days seem to have wiped me out some what. I got back into Airlie Beach after the boat trip without any place to stay booked and without any clear plan as to the direction i was taking. All dorm beds at the hostel i had stayed at before the boat trip were full, so that was a pain, but the problem i have is that i am the sort of person who decides to do things at the moment i do them so planning ahead isn't really me. I found in Byron Bay (when i had to get a hotel room for one night because all hostels were full) that even someone like me should do a little bit of planning.

I had considered the possibility of going uip to Cairns and/or staying another night or two in Airlie, but i decided against this and after some deliberation booked a bus ticket to Brisbane where i fly out from. The bus journey was a killer 19 hours long, something i thought i would be fine with because i have done 14 hour bus journeys but it was really tough and i arrived here in Brisbane totally wiped out. Still i have done little since arriving here and all being well i should see Elaine tonight who is also in Brisbane.

Also on the bus journey i ran into that guy Richard again (the one i met originally in the cook islands and then again in the whitsundays) and we had a bit of chat. He was not going as far as i was on the bus but it was nice to catch up with him and to speak to him when the bus stopped. It was nice seeing him again as i remember really liking him when i met him in the cooks so it was nice to catch up (sadly though, as with many people that i like when i meet them i did not get his email address) - still never mind.

Its Singapore next for me and then on to Thailand, Since i got into Brisbane today the heat has been oppressive so i have mainly stayed in doors this concerns me a bit because Singapore is right close to the equator so could be even hotter. I am looking forward to a few days rest in Singapre and then to enjoying Thailand a country that i think i will enjoy travelling in, mainly because of "The Beach" one of my favourite movies.

To be honest i am unsure of the purpose of this particular diary entry i think i am just trying to make sense of all the madness. This is also my first time by myself for a considerable time, with the irish guys in Byron Bay, the Fraser island crew, the boat people and the various people i have hung with in between, its weird to think that I, a natural loner, has been with people constantly for about two weeks. I do really want to meet people and for them to like me but when that happens you learn to appreciate those meoments of alone time a lot more (Though i still want to start meeting people as i move on to Asia tjhough).

Right, well i have rambled long enough, this diary entry is probably my most rambling one so far and whether it makes sense or not its the right thing to end it here.

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